(1)Formal Response: “Babylon Revisited- Instructions Write an essay of any length in response to ONE of the prompts listed below. Be sure to prove what you say is true by referring to specific moments in the story. Feel free to make references to what was said in the lecture and discussions boards. 1. Does Charlie deserve to regain custody of his daughter? Why or why not? What’s in the best interest of Honoria? What would you do if you were Marion? 2. Discuss the importance of the past in this story. How does the past influence the way these characters behave in the present? 3. Fitzgerald once said, “There are no second acts in life.” How might this statement apply to “Babylon Revisited”? (2) Identify a particular sentence, phrase, or paragraph from “Hills Like White Elephants” that struck you, and write a few sentences explaining why you chose that phrase or sentence. It could be a phrase that you found beautiful, intriguing, mysterious, etc. Feel free to raise questions about the passage, not just explain it. See week 1 for an example. Due Thursday. No late submissions will be accepted. Failure to submit an assignment by the due date will result in a grade of zero for the assignment. There are no exceptions to this policy. Replies: Read through your classmates’ responses, choose one, and write a paragraph in response. See week 1 for an example. (3)Formal Response: Hills Like White Elephants Write an essay of any length in response to ONE of the following prompts: 1. Characterization: How would you describe the personalities of the “man” and the “girl” in this story? What words/phrases led you to see them in this way? What kind of relationship do they have before the story begins, and why do you think so? Is the definition of their relationship changed or reinforced by the end of the story? 2. Hemingway’s Stylistic Decisions. After this week’s lecture, you are now aware that the “operation” in question is an abortion. But many readers miss that on a first reading of the story. Did you? When did it become clear to you? What is the effect of Hemingway’s decision to build a whole story around something that is never actually named? Why would he do that, and what does it say about what Modernist writers expect from their readers? How would this story be different if we knew, right away, the subject? 3. Communication: What is “the girl” thinking that the “man” doesn’t seem to understand? Or does he understand her thoughts all too well? Do you think the “girl” will go through with the operation, as the “man” would like her to, or do you think she will choose an alternative path? (4) A Rose for Emily Identify a particular sentence, phrase, or paragraph from “A Rose for Emily” that struck you, and write a few sentences explaining why you chose that phrase or sentence. It could be a phrase that you found beautiful, intriguing, mysterious, etc. Feel free to raise questions about the passage, not just explain it. See week 1 for an example. (5) Formal Response: A Rose for Emily Write an essay of any length on your response to ONE of the three questions posted below: 1. What is the significance of the title? What is the rose Faulkner is talking about? Why is he giving it to Emily? What qualities do you think he might admire in Emily even though she is a murderer and much more? Be sure to support your answer with specific references to the story. 3. Why do think Faulkner creates an actual character in the story to play the role of the narrator? Why not create an omniscient (read: all-knowing) character (read: him or her) to tell the story the way Fitzgerald and Hemingway do in their stories? And after going to the trouble of creating a narrator who is also a character, why not have him or her tell the story chronologically? Why all the going back and forth in time? 4. Carefully study the characters of Tobe or Homer Barron. What do you make of their roles in Emily’s life, or their role in the plot of the story? How do their social positions differ from Emily’s, and what’s the significance in the story of that difference?